23 - Michael Bordo on Anna Schwartz, Financial Crises, and Life as a Monetary Historian
Michael D. Bordo is a professor of economics and the director of the Center for Monetary and Financial History at Rutgers University, a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and a r...
12 Sep 20161h 2min
22 - Peter Ireland on the Chicago School, Federal Reserve Policy Targets, and Monetary Aggregates
Peter Ireland is the Murray and Monti Professor of Economics at Boston College, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the Shadow Open Market Committee. He j...
5 Sep 20161h 1min
21 – Hugh Rockoff on Optimal Currency Areas, "Yellowbacks," and Free Banking
Hugh Rockoff is a professor of economics at Rutgers University and has done extensive work in U.S. monetary history. He joins the show to discuss the criteria for an ideal monetary union and argues th...
29 Aug 20161h
20 - Douglas Irwin on Free Trade, the Gold Standard, and American Economic History
Douglas Irwin, professor of economics at Dartmouth College and author of Free Trade Under Fire (Princeton University Press, 2015), joins the show to discuss the economic arguments for free trade and t...
22 Aug 201657min
19 - Nick Rowe on Monetary Basics, Milton Friedman's Thermostat, and More
Nick Rowe is a professor of economics at Carleton University in Ottawa, a member of the CD Howe Institute's Monetary Policy Council and of Carlton University's Centre for Monetary and Financial Econom...
15 Aug 201659min
18 - Jason Taylor on the Great Depression, World War II, and "The Big Push"
Jason Taylor, professor of economics at Central Michigan University and editor-in-chief of "Essays in Economic & Business History," is an expert in U.S. economic history, particularly during the Great...
8 Aug 201658min
17 - Brad DeLong on Hamiltonian Political Economy and American Economic History
J. Bradford DeLong – professor of economics at UC-Berkeley, research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury during Bill Clinton's ...
1 Aug 201646min
16 - David Andolfatto on Life at the Fed, Equity-Based Finance, and the Blockchain
David Andolfatto is a vice president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank and a professor of economics at Simon Fraser University. He joins the show to discuss life at the St. Louis Fed, equity-based...
25 Jul 201659min
